Tesla wins bid to revive UK lawsuit for 5G patents licence

Reuters

Mon, July 27, 2026 astatine 6:42 AM CDT 1 min read

LONDON, July 27 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's Tesla connected Monday won its bid to revive a London ‌lawsuit brought against U.S. exertion steadfast InterDigital and ‌a patent licensing platform, seeking a patent licence up of the ​automaker's motorboat of 5G vehicles successful Britain.

Tesla sued InterDigital and Avanci – which licenses patents from aggregate owners, mostly for automotive uses – astatine London's High Court successful 2023.

The institution ‌wanted the tribunal ⁠to find the fair, tenable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) presumption of a licence for Tesla to ⁠use patents owned by patent holders, including InterDigital and which are licensed by Avanci.

InterDigital and Avanci asked the tribunal ​to propulsion ​out Tesla's bid for ​a ruling connected FRAND ‌terms for a licence and the High Court ruled successful their favour successful 2024, though Tesla's assertion to revoke 3 of InterDigital's patents could continue.

Tesla unsuccessfully appealed against that ruling astatine the Court of Appeal earlier ‌challenging it astatine the United ​Kingdom's Supreme Court, supported by interveners ​including tech lobbying ​group CCIA and the Motion Picture Association.

The ‌Supreme Court ruled successful Tesla's ​favour, saying ​that owners of patents are not released from obligations to licence them connected FRAND presumption conscionable by ​joining a patent ‌pool oregon platform.

The lawsuit is present expected to ​return to the High Court.

(Reporting by Sam ​Tobin; editing by Sarah Young)